Guard-rail mounting.



B. B. BETTS.

GUARD RAIL MOUNTING. APPLICATON FILED FEB. 23, 1915.

v1-,155,993 Patented oet. 5, 1915.

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GUARD-RAIL MOUNTING.

i Specification of LettersPatentf l Patented @(5455, 1915,

Inppiicaripa iedretruary 23, 1915. seria1-iic.'9,949.'

n Be it known that I, BENJAMIN 1B. B 'E'rrrs, a citizen of the United States, `and resident of St. Louis,"Missouri,y have ii'iv'ented cer tain new and useful Improvements in Guard-Rail Mountings, of which vthey following is a vspecification .containing afull, clear, and exact description, reference being had to thelaccompai'iying drawings', forming a part hereof. i .n Y' y l My invention relates toiniprovements in guard ,railV niountings, especially designed for the mounting ofendsof a guard rail and a running i'ailiwherein saidl ends of the guard rail arepositioned in a plane above the running rail and out ofA parallelism therewith. i Y.

The object of my improvements is to provide a structure formed complete in one piece, which will serve as a chair or wear plate between the rails and sleepers, will prevent canting or tiltingof therails and which will prevent the spreading as Well as the creeping of the. guard railrelative tothe running rail. Y Y t With the above object in view, my invenl tion consists in certain novel details of construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, pointed out in my claims and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows in plan my improved mounting as in use, a portion of the running' rail being broken away; Fig. 2 is a longitudital, sectional elevation of the mounting taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a transverse, sectional elevation of the mounting taken-on the line 3-,3 of Fig. 1, the running rail not being shown, and Fig. 4 is a transverse, sectional elevation taken on the line 4;-4 of Fig. 1, the guard rail not being shown.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, 5 designates the running rail and 6 the body of the guard rail, which parallels the running rail and the ends 7, one only ofwhich is shown, are bent to stand laterally spaced from the running 'rail greater distances than the body of the guard rail.

9 designates a sleeper or tie. The running rail, the guard rail andthe sleeper are all of common construction, and in their specific constructions foim no part of my invention.

My improved mounting consists of alplate `10 havingadj'acent one end arailvbearing surface 11 and adjacent its other .end a rail bearing surface 127 whichsurface 12 islatteially spaced fromthe surface 11, isin a plane' thereabove and disposed at an oblique ing inwardlytoward the surface 12 beyondv the shoulder is .a spike opening 15. 1 At the side or margin of the surface 12 opposite `angularrelationship therewith. At the I the shoulder 13 isa transverse shoulder 16,

paralleling. Ythey shoulder 13, and whose opposite portion overhangs the surface 12 forming a recess 17 to receive the margin of the base flange of the guard rail end 7.

By preference the shoulder 16 extends the i l widthr of the surface 12 and has adjacent' its end vreinforcing ribs 18.

At themargin-.ofthesurface 11 farthest A ,removed from the overhanging shoulder 1G is a shoulder 19, which is arranged at aright angle to the body of the mounting and extending the widthV thereof. It is to be noted here that the running lrail'surface 11 is of' greater width thany theV surface 12 for the guard rail, in order simply to provide in-' creased wearing plate surface between the running rail and slee er. `r .In this surface 11 I form a number o cavities20, byA which I save material as Well as to cause, the material surrounding the cavities to chill more rapidly and produce a better wearing sur` face. In opposition tothe shoulder 19 there is a shoulder 21 overhanging the surface 11, to form a recess 22 to receive the base This shoulder flange of the running rail. extends only a portion of the width of the mounting and is braced by a rib 23 extended between the shoulders 21 and 1G.

Formed through the mounting, intersect-v f ingthe rib 19 and projecting slightly inwardly beyond the rib'is a spike opening 24, and formed through` the mounting outside of the surface 12 is a pair of spike openings' In order to simplysave material,y `I

is by casting, thereby reducing thelfstruetural cost to a minimum'with a censeg'uejnt saving in installaforming the entire tion time, as the rails are simply placed in position on this mounting, and the rails and mounting secured to the sleepers by common spikes. Y s

lVhen in use the stops le, engaging the ends of the guard rails, prevent all lengthwise movements, or creeping of the guard rail'.

Havingthus described my invention, What desire to secure-by Letters Patent of the United States is:

l. A guard rail mounting consisting of a unitary structure, comprising running rail bearing surface, shoulders upstanding from said surface at each of its side margins, a guard rail bearing surface, located in a plane above, laterally spaced from and non-parallel with the running rail surface, upstanding shoulders at eachside margin of the guard rail bearing surface, a stop on the guard rail bearing surface for engagement with a guard rail to prevent longitudinal movement of the guard rail, certain of said shoulders overlianging the rail bearing surfaces for the securing of rail base flanges, and there being spike openings for securing rails to the mounting and the mounting to a sleeper.

2. A guard rail mounting, comprising a unitary structure having a running rail bearing surface, a shoulder paralleling each side margin of said surface, one of which overhangs said surface to form a recess to receive the base of a running rail, a guard rail bearing surface disposed at an angle to and in a plane above the running rail surface, shoulders paralleling the side margins of the guard rail bearing surface, one of which overhangs said surface, and a shoulder upstanding from said guard rail surface at an angle to the other shoulders to engage the end of the guard rail base to prevent longitudinal creeping of the guard rail.

A guard rail mounting comprising a running rail seat and a guard rail seat, the guard rail seat being disposed at an angle to the running rail seat and having contiguous to three of its margins upstanding shoulders to engage the sides and end of the base of a guard rail.

+L. A guard rail mounting comprising a rail bearing surface, a shoulder at each side of said surface to bear against the sides of a rail base, and a shoulder arranged to bear against the end of a rail base.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

BENJAMIN B. BETTS. l/Vitnesses:

E. L. l/VALLACE, EDWARD E. LONGAN.

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